Creating mesmerizing fluid particle effects using RxJS
Prepare to be captivated! One of the most beautiful and mesmerizing UI effects is provided by the particles.js library. Although it looks like a visual symphony, crafting such an effect can be really challenging. Luckily for us, RxJS can help us out by orchestrating the movement, interaction, and behavior of individual particles, resulting in a fluid, organic, and truly captivating visual experience.
How to do it…
In this recipe, we are going to re-create the default version of the particles.js
animation, only this time with the power and elegance of RxJS.
Step 1 – Drawing particles
When working with complex animations like this, the crucial step is to break the animations into a lot of small, manageable tasks. We’re going to start off easy by generating and drawing static particles on a canvas. In particles.component.html
, we will have the following:
<canvas #canvas class="canvas...